From: Michael Malone <michael.malone@...>
Date: 2009-03-16T08:35:53+09:00
Subject: Re: does IO.read block?


>> IMHO you can simplify that do
>>
>> rescue Exception => error
>>   Marshal.dump(error, write_end)
>> end
>>
>> Which should also be more efficient since the looping is done in C code.
> Thanks, I've applied that.
>> But again, I would just do
>>
>> obj = Marshal.read(read_end)
>>
>> Which, again is more efficient since you do not need the additional 
>> buffer and looping is done in C code.
> I need the additional buffer because an exception is not always thrown 
> so attempting to unmarshal an empty string causes problems
>
Wait, I just re-read your email.  The looping is done in C.  So that 
implies I do need to loop on the read_end.read() call?  Efficiency is 
not a massive concern for me - correctness is.


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